To the Glory of God
in loving memory
THE ALTER,
CROSS and
CANDLESTICKS
were presented to the
Glory of God and to the memory
of Sgt.J.L.Tomkinson: R.A.F. V.R.
who was killed in action over
enemy territory on
March 13th 1941
...from his family...

Sgt: J.L.Tomkinson
.RAF . VR.
April
1943

THE WAR MEMORIAL

Sgt. John Labasse Tomkinson R.A.F.
V.R. 701366. Wireless Operator.
Born 7th. June 1918. Killed in
action on the night of 13th/14th.
March 1941 Thursday/Friday.
"Bomber Command's main target on
the night of 13th/14th. March
1941 was Hamburg. Several altern
ative targets were attacked but
there was no raid on Cologne
that night. Six aircraft failed
to return from these operations,
one of them a Wellington Mk.1C
Serial No.N.2746 belonging to
No. 214 Squadron (his aircraft).
This aircraft was shot down by
a night fighter near the German
border, all but one of the creew
being killed and buried in
Esserveld Cemetery, Groningen,
Holland; it is not known which
target it had attacked. Strange
as/it may seem, Sgt. Tomkinson
was the only person from Warnford
killed in either of the Great
Wars. Prior to being called up
at 18 he worked in Petersfield;
his father worked for Mr. R.P.
Chester as head stockman.